{"product_id":"9781934030172","title":"Roadie: The MIS-Understood World of a Bike Racer","description":"\u003cp\u003eVeteran race announcer and long-time cycling enthusiast Jamie Smith sets out to explain the sport he loves and the roadies who live for it in this lighthearted treatise on bike racing. Finally, a book to explain those people who roll out for a ride dressed in technicolored Lycra at the crack of dawn on Saturday, and return at sundown with a glow of satisfaction and even stronger tan lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for anyone who has ever known a roadie, considered becoming a roadie, or walked away from a bike race completely puzzled, \u003ci\u003eRoadie\u003c\/i\u003e addresses all of the curiosities that accompany the sport of cycling, from shaved legs to colorful jerseys and unbelievably expensive bicycles, shoes, and components. Every seemingly neurotic tendency is explained and celebrated with humorous illustrations from nationally syndicated cartoonist Jef Mallett (also rumored to log thousands of miles of riding per year).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplaining strategy and races from the famous Tour de France stage race to the local criterium, \u003ci\u003eRoadie\u003c\/i\u003e brings the excitement of bike racing alive for anyone with an appetite for adrenaline. And for the thousands who purchase a shiny new road bike each spring, it's a much-needed primer on the politics of a group ride. Pacelines, drafting, sprinting, climbing, and breakaways are turned into everyday commonsense with colorful anecdotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether interested onlooker or cycling aficionado, readers will find themselves laughing out loud as they revel in the roadie's world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VeloPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048178303216,"sku":"9781934030172","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934030172_p0.jpg?v=1769896956","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934030172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}